Veteran State Senator Stephen Saland staved off a challenge by Neil Di Carlo for the new 41st State Senate seat at the Dutchess County Republican convention held Monday night in Poughkeepsie.

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Steve Katz to primary Greg Ball: 

Confirmed: Katz will Primary Ball for 40th State Senate Seat

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After weeks of speculation, Assemblyman Steve Katz (R-Yorktown) will officially announce on Monday that he will primary state Senator Greg Ball (R-Patterson) for the 40^th Senate District seat, his spokesperson Ed Kowalski confirmed.

Katz, who was voted into office as the representative for the 99^th Assembly District in 2010, made his consideration for the state Senate seat known back in February. He formed an exploratory committee and met with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) before scheduling his official announcement.

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The establishment is at it again trying to determine who we get to have as our choice in the upcoming election. It is well known that a group of constituents are trying to draft Assemblyman and Tea Party member Steve Katz to primary the establishment candidate and current state Senator Greg Ball  for his Senate seat. The candidate for the Republican spot on the ticket this November should be determined by a primary election, not by a deal made by insiders.

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For Republican State Sen. Greg Ball of Patterson, the Southeast stop of his legislative road show began and ended off-script.

For starters, when the senator arrived shortly before 7:30—the Southeast Town Board’s appointed hour to convene Thursday evening—he was forced to join staff and a rapidly growing number of constituents confined to the town hall lobby. Closed doors denied everyone access to the John Dunford Civic Center auditorium, where the town board sat sequestered in an unscheduled, apparently unannounced executive session.

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"In the Special Election to fill the final 2 years of Hillary Rodham Clinton's term, incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand and former Congressman Republican Joe DioGuardi today finish effectively even, with Gillibrand's nominal 1-point lead being within the survey's theoretical margin of sampling error."

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ALBANY, NY (WAMC) - New York Republicans on Tuesday picked Jay Townsend to face Senator Charles Schumer in November - Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas reports

 

Go Jay!  We need to defeat Schumer.  ~ C4F

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Open House for Orange County Taxpayers Party Headquarters Middletown, NY Photo:  John Maney

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WASHINGTON — Among this year's primary battles in New York, the contest between political consultant Jay Townsend and former CIA agent Gary Berntsen is the most obscure.  There's a good reason for that: The two Republicans are competing to run against Sen. Charles E. Schumer, one of the half-dozen Senate Democrats considered least likely to lose their seats in November, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. Overall, 19 Senate Democrats are up for re-election this year.

 

 

You will be hearing more from Gary Berntsen the man to beat Chuck Schumer.  If you have friends throughout the county who do not like Schumer and they want him out please forward information about Gary onto them.  ~ C4F

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The Combat Veterans For Congress PAC is endorsing one of the 23 previously endorsed Combat Veteran For Congress to move his campaign from running for Congress, to run for the US Senate in New York state; he is a fiscally conservative candidate who will work to rein in the out of control spending by the Obama Administration.  Special Operations Officer Gary Berntsen, USAF/CIA (R-NY-Senate)

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The new line, if certified by the state, has two other statewide candidates besides Paladino: U.S. Senate candidates David Malpass, who is challenging Democratic incumbent Kirsten E. Gillibrand, and Gary Berntsen, who is taking on Democratic incumbent Charles E. Schumer.

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Congresswoman Michele Bachmann Endorses Gary Berntsen for U.S. Senate

August 11, 2010 - Minnesota Republican, Rep. Michele Bachmann, today endorsed Gary Berntsen as the candidate best prepared to challenge and defeat incumbent Senator Chuck Schumer in November.

 

Two good patriots...Michele and Gary.  ~ C4F

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CARMEL – Assemblyman Gregory Ball, who will face fellow Republican Mary Beth Murphy in a primary for the State Senate’s 40th District seat, is going to form a Tea Party line in the November election.

He would need 3,000 valid signatures to create the line.

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Rochester, New York . . . July 20, 2010 – At a press conference today in Rochester, the New York State Republican Party and its Chairman Ed Cox, joined by United States Senate Candidate Gary Berntsen, launched a website devoted to informing New Yorkers why re-electing Democratic Party Kingpin Chuck Schumer to the U.S. Senate would cause further damage to the Empire State, its economy, job market, and our hard-working families.  The new website, www.ChuckingSchumer.com, cites Schumer’s record during more than 30 years in government as a self-serving, media-obsessed political creature who puts politics first at the expense of the people he was elected to serve.

 

Gary Berntsen is the man to beat Schumer.  ~ C4F

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Although he has never before ran for political office, Malpass carries impressive credentials in the world of finance. He is president of his own research firm, Encima Global, which investigates world economic trends. He is the former chief economist for Bear Stearns, which had a second place ranking for institutional investors during 2005 through 2007.

 

 

HELLO!  Do you remember what happened to Bear Stearns?  They went down the tubes because of bad investments.  Not a good connection to be broadcasting.  Check out Tim Chichester running for Gillibrand's seat. ~ C4F

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The last time Gary Berntsen went after such a formidable adversary in hostile territory, he was commanding a small band of fellow spies and commandos in pursuit of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan after 9/11. After helping drive the Taliban from power, they tracked him to the mountains of Tora Bora, only to see him slip away. 

 

 

 

Go Gary...  ~ C4F

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“I will pursue Sen. Schumer in every town, on every street and every village. I will not allow him to sit in Washington, D.C. and send out campaign notices,” said Gary Bernsten.  “Senator Schumer, you've gotten a pass for too many years. The game has changed. My name is Gary Berntsen and I am running for U.S. Senate."

 

 

Go Gary! This Pro-life candidate who will unseat Shumer has our support!  ~ C4F

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Berntsen Named NYGOP's Choice To FAce Schumer The Daily News By Celeste Katz Former CIA officer Gary Berntsen is addressing the crowd he...

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When ex-CIA officer Gary Berntsen began campaigning for the First District congressional seat in January, he wowed GOP activists, touting his undercover career in which he claimed a part in 700 kills.

But at his final screening two weeks ago, Berntsen surprised party officials when one asked why he hadn't considered using those national security credentials to run against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. According to those present, Berntsen said, "I wouldn't run against Gillibrand. I'd run against Chuck Schumer."

That offhand response has led Berntsen, with the backing of Suffolk GOP chairman John Jay LaValle, to switch directions. He is now crisscrossing the state speaking to party leaders about what many might consider "Mission Impossible," unseating the veteran and well-heeled Schumer, who has $21.8 million in his campaign coffers.

 

Go Gary!  Anyone running against Schummer gets my support.  We have to vet this man. ~ C4F

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Last month, Dean Skelos met with three GOP county chairs at a diner in Hudson Valley to talk about the race in the 40th Senate District.

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Jim Staudenraus, who helped lead opposition to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s failed plan to give drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants, now has another prominent Democrat in his sights: Sen. Chuck Schumer.

Staudenraus, a Republican, said that he would formally declare his candidacy to run against Schumer later this week.

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Republican ex-finance honcho David Malpass shooting for Kirsten Gillibrand's Senate seat Daily News Thursday, April 15th 2010, 4:00 AM   ...

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May 1, 2010- Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.- Jay Townsend formally announced his bid to unseat longtime U.S. Senator Charles Schumer at a news conference ...

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Townsend officially announces Schumer challenge MidHudsonNews CORNWALL – Saying he is concerned about the direction the state and nation ar...

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Republicans in New York's Senate and some Democrats are "white supremacists" angry that the chamber is now run by "African-Americans and Latinos and women and gays," a Democratic Brooklyn senator said Wednesday.

"You have these ... long-term white supremacists ... Republican senators, who you know have been in the majority for a long time," Sen. Kevin Parker said on Errol Louis' show on WWRL radio in New York. "They've lost the majority. You now have a number of African-Americans and Latinos and women and gays running the Senate and they have a real problem with that."

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NY Senator: 'You Racist People In Here' Sen. Kevin Parker Hurls Racism Accusations At Colleagues In Albany, Calls Republicans 'White Supremacists' ...

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GOP candidates stake $1.9M for Senate LoHud.com WASHINGTON — Three Republicans have anted up a combined $1.9 million of their own money as they see...

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GOP consultant from Cornwall-on-Hudson will challenge Schumer for U.S. Senate Time Herald Record By Chris Mckenna Times Herald-Record Published: ...

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